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Pope Benedict has moved two of his predecessors one step closer to sainthood, including a wartime pope dogged by criticism that he did too little to stop the Holocaust. Benedict declared Pius XII and John Paul II to be "venerable," the first of three steps to sainthood. The latter was widely expected—John Paul died only four years ago, but he's being to be fast-tracked to the honor. Pius XII is a different story.

Jewish groups had asked the Vatican to hold off on the process until the full record of his WWII writings could be examined. The Vatican archives are fully accessible only through 1939, reports the London Times. Opponents say he remained largely silent about the plight of Jews and Hitler's atrocities.

Randerson1725 you must be wearing blinkers. If you don't KNOW (there's no "think" here) that the Holy Roman Catholic Church is corrupt, you don't know nothing. Making "saints" of real sinners (these are not "sinners") is just one of the perverted things these evil wicked corrupt sickos do. And you show your ignorance and parochialism by saying"only in America" - just now there's a furore over what has been exposed in Ireland, but it's EVERYWHERE THERE'S A CATHOLIC PRIEST. Believe it!

krymsonkyng

Dec 21, 2009 8:21 AM CST

It's cool. I hear they repented.

DieselDaWg

Dec 21, 2009 6:21 AM CST

@fonduu- I will take your points in stride and will look for this bias in the future. I have been here for a limited time and have yet made many predeterminations of others based on their own words. (Although, I am getting a real good idea..! ha, ha) However, within the scope of cedarkey's specific post in question, I did not take his opinion to be that of a superior nature. I do know, based on your posts, our opinions are divorced more than not; but you have been cordial in our direct discussions and I will continue to reciprocate in kind. That said, with respect to the animal issue and vegetarian comments, I believe cedar key was trying to point of the association of things that were “non-Christian” in Hitler’s well-know beliefs. The Bible clearly states that animals were to be used for sustenance. I also think he was taking a legitimate jab at those who worship “nature” as pantheists and attributing Hitler’s views on animal rights and vegetarianism as more of a worship of nature, rather that the “god” in his (Hitler’s) quote of “doing god’s work”. That’s how I read it based on my limited experience here at Newser/